A Sonic the Hedgehog Christmas Carol Chapter 4

Well this has turned out to be more popular story than I could have hoped.

At the request of my fans hear is chapter 4!

Dr. Eggman stood in the middle of his bedroom completely petrified of what would happen next. Abruptly a sinister, black wind billowed in from the outside and blasted Eggman's windows open. The entire room was flowing with a ferocious storm of ice-cold wind and was consumed by darkness. A large, cloaked figure materialized in front of Eggman wielding a scythe in his right hand. His face and the rest of his body besides his gloved hands were totally concealed by his robe. Eggman felt as though all happiness had been drained from the world and was too scared to scream.

"Who are you?" Eggman gasped terrified. The figure pointed to Eggman's self portrait. On the portrait burned singes appeared that said, "Vector, the Angel of Death and the Ghost of Christmas Future." The singes disappeared as soon as Eggman read them.Eggman asked, "Why won't you say anything?" More singes appeared on the portrait that read, "You aren't worth the breath." Eggman asked, "So you won't say anything?" The terrifying ghost shook his head.

In a gust of black wind Eggman and the ghost appeared in a graveyard on a very cold night. "Is this the future?" Eggman asked. The ghost nodded his head. The spirit then pointed one finger over to a gravestone. Sonic, Amy, Rosy, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, and Shadow were gathered around it paying respect.

The Ghost of Christmas Future walked over to the gravestone and Eggman horrendously followed. Amy was weeping with Sonic holding her close, tears silently escaping his own eyes. Everyone else had their heads mournfully bowed in respect. Sonic whispered, "If only I could have saved you." No one else said anything. The Ghost of Christmas Future pointed his finger at the stone, directing Eggman to move closer to it. Eggman obeyed out of fear for the Angel of Death. He read the text carved on the gravestone and it read, "Flash the Hedgehog. Born July 30, 2017, Died December 26, 2023. May he now find a better life."

"So I guess Sonic's son did die…on the day after Christmas" Eggman observed guiltily. Amy's sobs grew louder and tears began to escape everyone's eyes. Eggman then noticed something astounding; he himself was crying. He dropped to his knees and tears dripped from his eyes on to the icy ground below. There in his pajamas in that graveyard, Dr. Eggman was crying over the death of another.

Sonic began to speak saying, "We'll all miss you Flash. You were the best son a father could ask for. You and your sister made being poor worth it. You were kind, caring and you could put a smile on anyone's face. I'm just sorry I was never able to run alongside you or be a better father to you. I was always working and never spent as much time with you as a father should with his son. But the worst thing of all is that I could have saved your life if I had just been able to earn enough money for your surgery. I'm sorry that I failed you. You deserved better than me; a real chance at life. But at least now you can be at peace, and maybe wherever you are you can run now. Goodbye son." Tears now flowed freely and rapidly out of the eyes of everyone there except for the Ghost of Christmas Future. Knuckles and Shadow teary eyed, were able to contain themselves but all the others let out at least a few sobs.

After Sonic's speech one by one everyone started to leave the graveyard. Sonic and his family were the last ones remaining after about 30 minutes. Their sobs (along with Eggman's) were the only sound to be heard on that silent night. They only wished that their weeping would be enough to bring their beloved son back. "Come on we should go, it's getting late" Sonic instructed his wife and daughter. They started to leave when Rosy, with two roses in hand ran over to Flash's grave and placed it there then ran to another person's grave and laid a second rose on it. She then left with her depressed parents.

"Is this all you brought me here to see" Eggman gauntly asked the Ghost of Christmas Future. The phantom shook his head and pointed to the grave that Rosy had placed her second rose on. Eggman trembled as he got to his feet and walked over to the mysterious gravestone. He read the text on it which said, "Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Date of Birth unknown, Died December 25, 2023. May he now be with his lost family."

"Me, I died! But how did that happen?!" Eggman shouted. Eggman then realized the date that was on his grave. It was December 25, 2023. "I die tonight!" he then hollowed. "Am I dying now?! Have I already died and this is a dream?! Please answer me spirit!?" Eggman begged. He asked the ghost grabbing his robe, "Spirit are these the shadow of things that will happen or things that could happen?" The Angel of Death stayed silent. "Please answer! Will these events definatley happen?!" Eggman begged. The Ghost of Christmas Future nodded his head.

"People who have no one to care for them or care for no one do not live as long as others."

Eggman looked around to see who said that. It was a blood-thirsty, deathly voice that had croaked that.

"It makes their hearts weaker and quicker to stop."

Eggman the turned around and saw…it was the Ghost of Christmas Future who had spoken these words. Why had he chosen to finally speak now? His voice was so terrifying that Eggman had preferred it when he didn't speak.

"What do you mean?" Eggman asked.

"Flash was forced to live without his father because you always made Sonic work and was born with poor healthcare because of Sonic's poverty. And you pushed everyone away from your life and was cruel to anyone you came into contact with. Neither one of your hearts had the strength to keep going."

"Why do you speak to me now spirit?" Eggman asked. The ghost lifted his hood and revealed the face of a vicious, sinister crocodile. The ghost growled blood-thirstily with his yellow eyes fixed on Eggman. The Angle of Death explained, "Your selfish actions rendered Sonic unable to save his own son and he was forced to watch Flash die!" Eggman backed away from the ghost in unmatchable fear.

"And now it is time for you own death!"

Eggman crawled away from the spirit trying to find the courage and strength to get to his feet.

"For your unsurpassed cruelty, you will be forever exiled into the burning pit of…HELL!"

As Eggman got to his feet the crocodile phantom lunged himself at him with his powerful jaws opened and his sharp, yellow teeth bared. He was growling a flesh-starved roar of a killer. Eggman ran to try to avoid the terrible jaws and fell into a hole. It was a hole right in front of Eggman's own gravestone. He grabbed onto two rocks for dear life as below him flames of pure evil burned. The Ghost of Christmas Future appeared above him. "Please help me spirit!" Eggman pleaded. The reptilian Angel of Death raised his scythe menacingly in the air and shouted, "Burn in Hell!" "No, please!" Eggman begged. The ghost swiped his blade on the wall of the grave's hole in an attempt to hurl Eggman into the flames. "Please don't do this! Let me have another chance!" Eggman beseeched. The phantom swiped the rocks again.

"I can change!"

Another swipe from the scythe came.

"Forgive me!"

Another slash rocked the wall.

"I can change!"

The Ghost of Christmas Future drew his scythe above his head and stabbed it down into the wall of rock in front of Eggman's face. "NO!!" Eggman yelled as he tumbled into the Flames of Eternal Punishment.

Eggman woke up in his bed. Wondering what had happened Eggman felt his face. His mustache had grown back. He then looked to his self-portrait and saw that it was repaired. Eggman smiled feeling relief unmatched by any other man on Earth and declared, "God has forgiven me! He gave me another chance!"